Institute of Physics Michael Faraday Medal and Prize

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Institute of Physics Michael Faraday Medal & Prize
Awarded forOutstanding contributions to experimental physics
Sponsored byInstitute of Physics
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
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Formerly calledGuthrie Medal and Prize
Reward(s)Gold medal, £1000
First awarded1914
WebsiteOfficial website

The Michael Faraday Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually by the Institute of Physics in experimental physics.[1] The award is made "for outstanding and sustained contributions to experimental physics." The medal is accompanied by a prize of £1000 and a certificate.[2]

Michael Faraday
(1791 - 1867)

Historical development

  • 1914-1965 Guthrie Lecture initiated to remember Frederick Guthrie,[3] founder of the Physical Society (which merged with the Institute of Physics in 1960).
  • 1966-2007 Guthrie Medal and Prize (in response to changed conditions from when the lecture was first established). From 1992, it became one of the Institute's Premier Awards.
  • 2008–present Michael Faraday Medal and Prize

Medalists and lecturers

Faraday medalists

  • 2022 Nikolay Zheludev, "For international leadership, discoveries and in-depth studies of new phenomena and functionalities in photonic nanostructures and nanostructured matter."
  • 2021 Bucker Dangor, "For outstanding contributions to experimental plasma physics, and in particular for his role in the development of the field of laser-plasma acceleration."
  • 2020 Richard Ellis, "For over 35 years of pioneering contributions in faint-object astronomy, often with instruments he funded and constructed, which have opened up the early universe to direct observations."
  • 2019 Roy Taylor, "For his extensive, internationally leading contributions to the development of spectrally diverse, ultrafast-laser sources and pioneering fundamental studies of nonlinear fibre optics that have translated to scientific and commercial application."[4]
  • 2018
    Jennifer Thomas, "For her outstanding investigations into the physics of neutrino oscillations, in particular her leadership of the MINOS/MINOS+ long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment."[5][6][7]
  • 2017 Jeremy Baumberg, "For his investigations of many ingenious nanostructures supporting novel and precisely engineered plasmonic phenomena relevant to single molecule and atom dynamics, Raman spectroscopies and metamaterials applications."[8]
  • 2016 Jenny Nelson," For her pioneering advances in the science of nanostructured and molecular semiconductor materials "
  • 2015 Henning Sirringhaus, "For transforming our knowledge of charge transport phenomena in organic semiconductors as well as our ability to exploit them"[9]
  • 2014 Alexander Giles Davies and Edmund Linfield, "For their outstanding and sustained contributions to the physics and technology of the far-infrared (terahertz) frequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum"[10][11][12]
  • 2013 Edward Hinds, "For his innovative and seminal experimental investigations into ultra-cold atoms and molecules"
  • 2012 Roy Sambles, "For his pioneering research in experimental condensed matter physics"
  • 2011 Alan Andrew Watson, "For his outstanding leadership within the Pierre Auger Observatory, and the insights he has provided to the origin and nature of ultra high energy cosmic rays"[13]
  • 2010 Athene Donald, "For her many highly original studies of the structures and behaviour of polymers both synthetic and natural"
  • 2009
    plastic electronics
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  • 2008 Roger Cowley, "For pioneering work in the development and application of neutron and X-ray scattering techniques to the physics of a wide range of important solid and liquid-state systems"

Guthrie medalists

Guthrie lecturers

External links

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gold medals". Institute of Physics. The Faraday medal: Awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to experimental physics, to a physicist of international reputation
  2. ^ "Michael Faraday Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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  4. ^ "Comet chasing and Animal AI: News from the College". www.myscience.uk. 5 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Medals for SuperNEMO collaborators". SuperNEMO Collaboration. 21 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Three UCL academics recognised with prestigious physics prizes". UCL News. July 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "IOP award winners for 2018 announced" (PDF). CERN Courier. No. September 2018. p. 67.
  8. ^ "Jeremy Baumberg awarded the 2017 IOP Michael Faraday Medal and Prize — Department of Physics". University of Cambridge. 3 July 2017.
  9. ^ Quested, Tony (10 July 2015). "Transformational Sirringhaus wins Faraday Medal". Business Weekly.
  10. ^ Bunting, Christopher. "Terahertz researchers win Faraday Medal". www.leeds.ac.uk.
  11. ^ "The Faraday Medal-2014 has found its heroes in terahertz field". TeraSense Group. 21 August 2014.
  12. ^ "University of Leeds terahertz researchers win 2014 Faraday Award". Laser Focus World. 3 July 2014.
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